worsening

n. deteriorating, becoming of lower quality, losing quality

v. get worse, deteriorate; make worse, aggravate, exacerbate

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Noun
1. process of changing to an inferior state
(synonym) deterioration, decline in quality, declension
(hypernym) decline, diminution
(hyponym) slump, slack, drop-off, falloff, falling off
(derivation) worsen, decline
2. changing something with the result that it becomes worse
(hypernym) change of state
(hyponym) downturn, downswing
(derivation) worsen, aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate

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Adjective
1. changing for the worse; "worried by the worsening storm"
(antonym) bettering

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Verb
1. grow worse; "Conditions in the slum worsened"
(synonym) decline
(antonym) better, improve, ameliorate, meliorate
(hypernym) change state, turn
(hyponym) inflame
(derivation) deterioration, decline in quality, declension, worsening
2. make worse; "This drug aggravates the pain"
(synonym) aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate
(antonym) better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
(hyponym) irritate
(derivation) worsening

v. zhoršit (se)

Czas. pogarszać; pogarszać się

Synonyms and related words:
about-face, accommodation, adaptation, adjustment, aggravation, alteration, amelioration, amplification, annoyance, apostasy, augmentation, betterment, break, change, change of heart, changeableness, coming apart, constructive change, contentiousness, continuity, conversion, cracking, crumbling, decadent, declining, deepening, defection, degenerate, degeneration, degenerative change, deliberate aggravation, deteriorating, deterioration, deviation, difference, discontinuity, disintegrating, divergence, diversification, diversion, diversity, draining, drooping, dwindling, ebbing, effete, embittering, embitterment, enhancement, enlargement, exacerbation, exasperation, fading, failing, falling, fitting, flagging, flip-flop, fragmenting, going to pieces, gradual change, heightening, improvement, increase, intensification, irritation, languishing, magnification, marcescent, melioration, mitigation, modification, modulation, overthrow, pining, provocation, qualification, radical change, re-creation, realignment, redesign, reform, reformation, regressive, remaking, renewal, reshaping, restructuring, retrograde, retrogressive, reversal, revival, revivification, revolution, sharpening, shift, shriveling, sinking, sliding, slipping, slumping, souring, subsiding, sudden change, switch, tabetic, total change, transition, turn, turnabout, upheaval, variation, variety, violent change, waning, wasting, wilting, withering